With Musiala’s return, Bavaria’s happiness at the start of the new year would finally be perfect. “Then we basically have three new signings,” said Eberl about Davies, Itō and Musiala. Namely internal, as sports director Christoph Freund recently emphasized and at the same time ruled out external commitments this winter.
Coach Kompany already has high hopes for his starting trio, which he can finally rely on again in the new year. The Belgian has already declared the three returnees to be his X factor in the triple mission that he and his team are on this season.
“Last year it was the story of Harry Kane and Eric Dier winning something for the first time. There was this fire in the team,” Kompany said. “And I think that this year this fire comes through the story of Itō, Phonzy and Jamal. What they feel now, everyone in the team has to feel, we mustn’t forget that.” All three are eager for stakes and titles. And after their long stories of suffering this year, they absolutely want to make the next one their own – with Bayern, but also with their national teams at the World Cup in the summer.
The fact that hardly anyone is talking about the fact that Bayern have to play the entire first half of the season without three potential key players and especially two of their most important regular players in Musiala and Davies speaks for the team’s performance so far. Davies, Musiala and Itō are still eagerly awaited back. They will undoubtedly increase the competition in the squad, but will certainly strengthen the team again. Or, to use Kompany’s words: ignite the fire.